Improvement in wagon-seats



J'. KING.

WAGON-SEAT, No. 175,288. Patented March. 28,1876` WHNES uns. \N\mmm we NJETEHS, FhoLlmoGmPHER. WASHINGTON D C 'UNITED' STATES PATENT FFIca.

JOB KING, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN wAcoN-sEATs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 75,288., dated March 28, 1876; application tiled June 28, 1875.

To all lwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOB KING, of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State ot' New York, have invented certain Improvements on Vehicles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,l having reference to the accompanying sheet ot' drawings making a part ot' this specication andillustrating my invention more fully.

In the same, Figure l is a fragment of a wagon, showing my improvements in a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation, with the upper portion of the rest I broken away; and Fig. 3, a vertical section through the swivel of the suspension-levers and the uprights.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in the various figures.

The object ot' my present invention is to improve the construction of a reversible seat for business and other vehicles made to protect it in rainy or snowy weather, and to better enable the loading and unloading of the vehicle; and it consists in the arrangement ot` parts and details of construction, as hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

A are the stakes of a business wagon, secured to the front part of a wagon-platform in the usual manner, and they are provided with the usual foot-board, as plainly illustrated i-n Fig. 1. These stakes may be dispensed with in box-wagons, and a plain board ot' suitable height and thickness substituted therefor. B are two uprights or bars attached to A at suitable distance apart, to which are movably secured two suspensiom levers or rods E.

These levers E extend backward over the wagon-platform, and are provided each with two ses of clevises and shackles, F, one of which being attached near the front, and the other on the rear end of the said levers. G are two sets of upwardly-curved seat-springs, each of which engages with the shackles F in such manner that the two front shackles and the two rear shackles are connected with, and suspending the two springs G, and thus sus pend the seat`H above the said levers by means ot' spring-blocks G' fastened under the seat, to which the said springs are in turn secured in the usual manner by clips, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. I are two rests attached to the stakes A opposite the uprights B. They are bent outwardly on their upper end to provide for a space sufficient to allow the suspension of t'hefront clevises and shackles between the uprights and rests, and they serve as supports for the levers E.

The seat, as will be observed, is permanently secured to the levers E by the seat-springs, clevises, and shackles, and the said levers are movably attached to the uprights by a. bolt, D,passing through the swivel O. It can thus be reversed or turned over,the center of inotion being in the bolts D, and entirely removed from the platform, to be out of the way inloading and unloading the wagon. When reversed the seat proper will be protected against snow and rain, and kept perfectly dry, which is a great desideratum, and the device, as described, therefore a decided improvement over stationary seats.

In order to protect the bolt D connecting the lever E and upright B from the shearing action of these parts, when the levers are supported by the rests I, and these, as it were, assuming the office ofthe t'ulcrums for the levers, I provide these levers and uprights with jaws on their respective extremities larger than the balance ot' these parts, and construct the faces of either the levers or the upright-s with circula-r projections C corresponding with a recess in the face of the opposite part, and concentric with the' bolt-hole therein, and thus transfer the strain that would otherwise be on the bolt D upon theL circular projection and recess C', which lock into eachother, whereby the said bolt D becomes a simple connectingbolt, and need not lit the bolt-hole to any degree ot' exactness.

All the parts, as described, capable of being cast are constructed of malleable iron to secure them against fracture, and, since they can be perfectly cast, do not require extended manipulation to finish and put them together, thus adding but little to the cost of the vehicle, but materially advancing its usefulness and convenience.

The swivels C consist of the jaws on the ends of the levers E and uprights B and the connecting-bolt D, and it enables, as hereinbefore stated, the reversal ot' the seat. Al

though the introduction therein of the circular projections and recesses C produce the beneticial results herein stated, the same objcct may be reached by so bending the rests I as to support the levers E exactly midway between the points ot' suspension ot' the shackles F. Thus the Weight would be equally distributed upon and borne by the said rests I, and the swivels C entirely released from any weight whatsoever, and it would then be simply the center of motion ot' the levers E when the seat is to be reversed.

It will be observed that the seat H is suspended above the horizontal suspension-bars E by means of the upwardly-curved seatsprings G, attached longitudinally under the said seat, and on their ends provided with shackles or clevises, F, engaging with the levers E. This arrangement allows the seat to swing sidcwi e as well as vertically', while its supports remain stationary, and it is therefore more comfortable and easier to ride than seats having only avertica-l movement, and it is also more substantial than those, for the reason that jolts have no effect upon the seat.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination, with the stakes A, of the upwardlyprojecting bars B, horizontal levers E, shackles or clevisesF, longitudinal seatsprings G, and the seat H, said scat beingsuspended above thesaid horizontal levers, and capable of a combined horizontal and vertical movement, substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.

2. The suspension-levers E, swiveled at. and supported by the rest I, in combination with the shackles or clevises F and the seat H, substantially as described, for the purpose specitied.

3. The curved rest I, in combination with the levers E, movably attached to the uprights B at U, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the uprights B, of the circular projection U in the upper end or jaw thereof, and the corresponding recess in the jaws of the levers E, whereby the bolt D is released from the shearing strain of' the connected parts, substantially in the manner as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal iu the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOB KING. p.. s]

Witnesses:

MICHAEL J. STARK, MORTI-MER MCCALL. 

